As the holiday shopping season kicks off the day after Thanksgiving with "Black Friday," followed by its virtual counterpart, "Cyber Monday," you now have the option to spread the spirit of giving when you purchase through Alexandria Library's Buy It Now Amazon.com link.

Alexandria Library will join hundreds of libraries throughout the country on November 16, 2013, for the sixth annual celebration of gaming in libraries – International Games Day. Join in on the fun from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Burke Branch Library.

Are you a representative of a nonprofit organization? Are you new to fundraising? Do you want to learn how the funding research process works, and what tools and resources are available? Join Beatley Central Library for our Grantseeking Basics class, hosted by The Foundation Center on Thursday, November 14 at 7 p.m. Learn how to become a better grantseeker!

Just in time for the Thanksgiving season, Warren Brown, founder and owner of CakeLove will join Beatley Central Library, warming our appetites to the classic dessert dish for this time of year: the pie. On Saturday, November 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. he'll present his fourth cookbook, Pie Love, filled with sweet-tooth satisfying recipes with fun twists like blueberry maple pie, mango and strawberry tart, and apple lasagna.

In honor of our Veterans, Alexandria Library has provided a guide to print and digital resources for and about veterans. We salute our American heroes, and will be having children's events at our Duncan Branch that honor our military.